Notes

CONFLICT: aka: Moses Heskew. Early Settler of the Republic of
Texas. 1840 Bexar Co. TX Census. Moses joined his younger
brother William already in Texas in or about 1837. Moses and
William both participated in defending the young Republic of
Texas from Mexican incursions that occurred in 1842. (Moses'
Certificate of Vasquez / Walls Campaign) He was a sheriff, a
farmer , a rancher, and a teacher it is said. Moses rode with
the Texas Rangers under the command of Lonesome Dove fame,
Captain Jack Hays and fought off the Mexican army invasions in
what has now known as the Vasquez and Walls Campaigns.

William Alexander Hesskew and Moses Hesskew are brothers, based
on the simple fact that the Hesskews are cited as somewhat
residing together or in close proximity in Gonzales County in
the 1860 as well as other facts including a letter written to
William by Moses in 1879. Moses, was awarded a second-class
Headright Land grant of 640 acres. This award indicates that
Moses was a single man who arrived in Texas as an immigrant
after the Declaration of Independence and prior to October 1,
1837.

CONFLICT: HESSKEW FAMILY INFORMATION by Ruth Claunch

LDS records reflect that a Moses Heskew , from Gonzales, Texas
,is the father of Armitta Levicey " Eliza" Heskew b. Jan 8 1855,
Gonzales. I contacted the individual who submitted the
information through the LDS with out any conclusive results.

Moses according to a tribute to him on his death in the Gonzales
paper was from the Marberry District of South Carolina.

Excerpt from the book, " The Ties that Bind" a history of
Gonzales County , Texas by Marjorie Burnett Hyatt

HESSKEW

There was a Hesskew Springs and a Hesskew school located on
(present) John Billings property, around 1900. The Hesskew
family was one of the very early families in this area, listed
on the 1860 census at the Salt Stream Post Office. The road from
Pilgrim to Smiley use to go by Hesskew Springs, before the
present Hwy. 87 was built . There is still a windmill at the
site of the old Hesskew home & school.

Note: An Amanda Hesskew b. ca 1850 md. Wm. H. WHIDDON; her death
record states that her mother was Missouri SHAW HESSKEW & her
father's name is not listed, This writer wants to know how/or
if, Amanda was related to the Hesskews Listed in this book.

Napoleon Bonaparte Monroe PURL

13 Nov 1842 - ____

ID Number: I453

Notes

He was stolen when a child and never heard of again. Abt 1849,
he was 8 yrs old, and was taken by a supposed friend of the
family upon a visit to his plantation but who left the country
and no trace was ever found. Described in letter written by his
sister Julia.

There is a Nathan Purl, CSA vet, from Claiborne, MS, who might
be this Napoleon.
Purl, Nathan, Confederate Infantry 8th Regiment, Mississippi
Infantry:
8th Infantry Regiment was organized at Enterprize, Mississippi,
during the spring of 1861. Many of its members were from Jones,
Wilkinson, and Clarke counties. The unit served in Florida and
Mississippi, then was assigned to General J.K. Jackson's,
Gist's, and Lowry's Brigade, Army of Tennessee. It participated
in the campaigns of the army from Murfreesboro to Atlanta, was
with Hood in Tennessee, and saw action in North Carolina. This
regiment lost forty-seven percent of the 282 at Murfreesboro and
twenty-three percent of the 375 at Chickamauga. In December,
1863, it totalled 287 men and 169 arms. Its casualties at the
Battle of Atlanta were 13 killed, 71 wounded, and 3 missing, and
few surrendered on April 26, 1865. The field officers were
Colonels G.C. Chandler, Guilford G. Flynt, and John C.
Wilkinson; Lieutenant Colonels James T. Gates, Aden McNeill, and
John F. Smith; and Majors Andrew E. Moody, George F. Peek, and
William Watkins.

Notes

"Margret Stark Purl is burried next to her son Hugh J. Purl in
Siloam Springs Cemetery about 1 to 2 miles north of the town of
Middlebrook Ark. Randolph Co. Ark. Middlebrook is in between
Doniphan Mo.and Maynard Ark."

Hugh Purl's wife Margaret Stark is a great grandaughter of
Revolutionary War soldier John Kelsay. John's brother Moses
Kelsay is the great great grandfather of Hugh Purl.

"Margaret Stark, born January 13, 1842 in Morgan County,
Missouri. She married in Miller County, Missouri on January 5,
1868 to Hugh K. Purl, son of Uriah and Mahalia (Kelsay) Purl,
born December 8, 1845 in Miller County, Missouri. Hugh, who was
named for his grandfather Hugh Band Kelsay, was a farmer in
Morgan County, Missouri. He died there about 1915. Margaret died
in Arkansas (don't know location) on November 7, 1905."